taken on crying as a new hobby lately???? I am about to go crazy!!! I'm 37 weeks so I figure it's that they feel that the new baby is coming soon but I have never had so much crying going on in my house. They are just turned 3 and 21 months. My littlest is having total meltdowns if he thinks I am leaving and my 3 year old thinks he has to cry LOUDLY about everything!!!

Whininess and baby talk over here. My 3.5yo is actually doing great, but my 2.5yo is acting out, whining, making baby sounds, extremely clingy, etc. He has been for months, but it is getting worse the closer we get.

Just delivered #2 last week, and the 2 yo has been crying over *everything* and throwing wild temper tantrums (completely unlike her). It all started a few weeks before we delivered & I thought I'd go bonkers then. Now we're dealing with the same thing, only going on much less sleep! Good luck!!

taken on crying as a new hobby lately???? I am about to go crazy!!! I'm 37 weeks so I figure it's that they feel that the new baby is coming soon but I have never had so much crying going on in my house. They are just turned 3 and 21 months. My littlest is having total meltdowns if he thinks I am leaving and my 3 year old thinks he has to cry LOUDLY about everything!!!

Thank you for this! My 17 mo just cries ALL DAY LONG now that our new little one is here.... he isn't happy unless he has cookies or a sucker. I am at my wits end with him! Deep breathing.....

My 6 y/o acted out pretty badly starting in January. She's SIX. I was really irritable and short on patience and I think that only made it worse. Plus we have identical personalities. She's literally like my clone. That didn't help either... OH, and someone taught her to roll her eyes...

Anyway, she got MUCH better about 2 weeks before I delivered, and now that the baby is here, she's back to her typical self. She has her days/moments. But for the most part, she is very helpful, always looking for things to do to help, "Can I get you a diaper for the baby?" "Mommy, the baby is fussing, do you want me to put his paci back in?" "Mommy, I brought you your shoes!" "Here Mommy, I'll get that so you don't have to bend over!" "Are you thirsty? I brought you some water." .... It gets annoying sometimes b/c she's kind of smothering... always on my lap or in my face or under my feet... But I try to remind myself that she is doing things out of a kind heart, truly trying to be helpful. I appreciate her so much.

My 4 y/o DS adores the baby and is not acting out at all, either. In fact, he's more obedient than ever. I ask him to do something and he jumps up and immediately does it. I don't think he's had to be disciplined at all for the past month almost!!!

My 2 y/o DD on the other hand, seems to have taken all the jealousy issues of 3 children and combined them into herself. She is angry, whiny, throwing things... she follows me room to room crying and whining... I ask her what's wrong and she drops to the floor crying. I pick her up and try to soothe her, she screams to get down. I ask if she's hungry, she says yes, I hand her a snack, she says "NO" and throws it.... She's hitting her older siblings, taking their toys, knocking over their block towers and then running away, refusing bedtime (when before she never had any issues with it), suddenly hates baths....

It's pretty different for each kid I think. Unfortunately, for my 2 y/o it's harder b/c I can't let her hold him much b/c she is still too immature to understand that you can't touch his eyeballs, you can't jerk his hands around, etc. yet she's mature enough to know that this is an exciting event and a big deal. So I think she is feeling left out. I just try to spend a little bit of alone time with her when I can, I talk to her as much as possible, snuggle her when she will let me, and then just be as patient and understanding as possible when she's having a rough day.

My almost 3yr old is acting out toward me only lately. He has been mean and angry with me for a couple of weeks but today it was really bad. He's never been whiny but now he is whining over everything! Its exhausting but I tend to give him a lot of leeway being that a lot has changed in the last 8 months- no paci, out of our bed, potty training, ect..